Upcyle a Thrift Store Find Into Spring Decor

I bought this wine bottle crate at my local Goodwill a few months ago. As is the case with lots of my thrift store finds, I wasn’t sure just what I wanted to do with it, but it’s sturdy and it was like new, so I knew I would find a use for it.The first step was to give it two coats of Folk Art Home Decor Chalk paint. 

I had seen similar decor pieces that used wood crates with faux succulents that cost around $20. I wanted to get the look for a lot less than than.

I bought some faux succulents and used some small terra cotta pots that I had on hand for the crate. The pots were painted with Folk Art Home Decor Chalk paint. Once they were dry, I added moss to each pot and topped it with a faux succulent. Because of the depth of the box and the size of the terra cotta pots that I had on hand, I needed to find a way to raise the pots to the right height. Sorting through my craft stash, I found several small wood blocks. I glued two of them together for each pot to go underneath as a base and used one large one that I had as well.

Once the blocks and paint were dry, I added moss to each pot and topped it with a faux succulent. 

I had one larger pot and decided that since the crate had a divider inside, I’d use it with a different type of succulent. I painted it gray, thinking I would like the contrast. I added more of the moss to surround each pot and to cover the blocks that I used for the bases. 

I added a strip of green lace ribbon around the crate. It’s hot glued in place in a few spots along the way. The finishing touch was to use a beaded floral strand that I coiled into a circle. It’s also hot glued in place. 

Once I had everything in place the gray just wasn’t working well with the other colors. It got a quick yellow paint job, too. I’m pleased with how this turned out and it makes a pretty coffee table decor piece for spring.

The crate was less than $2 and since I used items I had on hand, this was a very budget friendly project. Even if I had needed to buy new pots, I could have found them at Dollar Tree, keeping the cost low. If I had to buy the paint, ribbon, and floral, it would have probably added up to about $10.

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